[MLS TRANSACTIONS] Brian Ching is headed back to the Houston Dynamo after the 2011 MLS Cup finalist reached an agreementwith the Montreal Impact to give the expansion club a conditional first-round pick in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft in return for the veteran striker who was taken by the Impact in the Expansion Draft. “I am […]
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Houston trades for Kandji
[MLS TRANSACTIONS] The Houston Dynamo picked up Senegalese-born Macoumba Kandji from the Colorado Rapids in exchange fora conditional draft pick. It was Kandji whose shot defected off George John for the own goal that gave the Rapids a 2-1 overtime win over FC Dallas at MLS Cup2010. But Kandji tore his ACL on the play […]
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MLS preseason this week …
[SCOREBOARD] The Montreal Impact fell to the Houston Dynamo, 2-0, in the expansion team’s first exhibition game against an MLS team. The Dynamo won its fourthgame by shutout in four games on second-half goals by Colin Clark and Cam Weaver. The Columbus Crew fell to Malmo ofSweden, 2-1, in its first game of the preseason […]
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Attorney: Deric not guilty of assault charges
The attorney for Tyler Deric defended the Houston Dynamo backup goalkeeper who was arrested along with rookie WarrenCreavalle late Saturday night following an altercation with a off-duty officer dressed in his police uniform outside Roosevelt Lounge, a Houston bar. Deric was charged withassaulting a public servant — “getting into a scuffle and punching an officer,” […]
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Cameron brings 'Alcatraz' attitude to national team
[U.S. SPOTLIGHT] It’s taken Geoff Cameron nearly two years after earning his first cap to get a real shot at a second. That is his primaryreaction to nearly three weeks of training with the U.S. team leading up to a friendly against Venezuela Saturday at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. (TV: 9 […]
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Attacking influence of draft represents trend
Not for a while will it be known whether the 2012 SuperDraft will be a case of less is more, or if it signifies a radical change in the persona of MLS. Trimming it to two rounds fromthree is largely cosmetic, since a four-round Supplemental Draft will be conducted via conference call Tuesday. (Last year, […]
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Bobby Boswell re-ups with Houston
[MLS SPOTLIGHT] File this one under much ado about nothing. Defender Bobby Boswell, whose inclusion on the players eligible for the Re-EntryDraft triggered a mini-firestorm of speculation, has re-signed with the Dynamo. The deal was announced Thursday, about 24 hours after MLS released the names of 69 players who were about tobe out of contract […]
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Impact players come through for Galaxy
[MLS CUP ANALYSIS] A substitution and tactical shift garnered much of the credit for the breakthrough goal scored by LandonDonovan in the 72nd minute by which Los Angeles downed Houston, 1-0, Sunday night in the MLS championship game. Midfielder Chris Birchallreplaced forward Adam Cristman in the 57th minute, with Birchall taking over at right mid […]
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Beckham stays on message, trophy to go surfing?
In his post-MLS Cup comments, David Beckham showed the same consistency that marked his best, and possibly, last season in MLS: he revealed nothing about hisfuture other than to reiterate, “We’ll see.” He is out of contract at the end of the month and has done nothing to confirm or deny reports of a possible […]
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MLS Cup Player Ratings
[LOS ANGELES-HOUSTON REPORT CARD] Soccer America’s Ridge Mahoney grades the players in Sunday’s 1-0 victory by the LosAngeles Galaxy over the Houston Dynamo in MLS Cup 2011 … Starters:GRADE PLAYER (COUNTRY) AGE 5 Josh Saunders (USA) 30 5 Sean Franklin (USA) 26 6 A.J. DelaGarza (USA) 24 7 Omar Gonzalez (USA) 23 6 Todd Dunivant […]